Seven years into her practice, Michelle realized the need to offer more options to help patients learn how to use their minds to improve their health. In the following years, she received additional certifications and began to teach yoga (kundalini and restorative yoga), sound healing, as well as mindfulness and other meditation techniques. Her growth as an intuitive healer was supported by her many travels to sacred pilgrimage sites around the world, including the great cathedrals and pilgrimage sites of Europe, the sacred mountains of the Tibetan Himalayas, and the ancient sites of India and South America.

In 2014, Michelle continued her education in evidence-based research and health promotion at OHSU/PSU School of Public Health where she received a Master of Public Health. She is currently board certified in Public Health and specializes in Wellness and Mind-Body Medicine. This specialty has allowed her to conduct and publish research on the effects of mind-body medicine and social determinants on health and wellbeing, as well as lead large evidence-based programs for vulnerable populations.

To date, Michelle has led thousands of group and individual meditations, yoga classes and healing sessions. Clients and students learn how to create greater health, patience, compassion and peacefulness in their lives from her teachings. She also leads Sacred Sound Healing’s mission of bringing forth peace in individuals, communities and the world by offering profoundly beneficial guided visualizations and sound healing experiences.